06Dec 2023 by Post

Deconstructing Critical Theory | with Krista Bontrager & Monique Duson

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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS What does the Bible teach us about race, ethnicity, unity, and justice? When Krista Bontrager (a conservative wife, homeschool mom, and Biola graduate) formed a close relationship with Monique Duson (a self-proclaimed former social justice warrior, international missionary, and Biola graduate), both women discovered that even in their shared love for Jesus, their views on these social issues couldn’t have been more diametrically opposed. With a topic as (potentially) divisive, triggering, and racially charged as social justice, how exactly did Krista and Monique manage to develop a close friendship and redirect their prior experiences and individual perspectives to form a ministry dedicated to answering…
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10Nov 2023 by Post

Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?

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AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans. Source
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08Nov 2023 by Post

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

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Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life Source
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14Sep 2023 by Post

Inferring the Best Explanation via Artificial Intelligence

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The analogy with chess is apt — computers play chess but in ways different from us by being able to brute force their way through millions more positions. Source
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16Aug 2023 by Post

For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer

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Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended. Source
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02Aug 2023 by Post

Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence

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As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!” Source
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30Jul 2023 by Post

In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

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The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Source
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10Jul 2023 by Post

Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

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For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Source
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08May 2023 by Post

Peter Singer Compares Abortion to Turning Off a Computer

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Singer first claims that should an AI ever become “sentient,” turning it off would be akin to killing a being with the highest moral value. Source
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